Sources: Nunes Memo Is 100% Wrong About McCabe

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https://amp.thedailybeast.com/sources-devin-nunes-memo-is-100-wrong-about-andrew-mccabe-and-steele-dossier-for-carter-page-fisa-warrant?__twitter_impression=true

SPENCER ACKERMAN at the Daily Beast

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Rep. Devin Nunes’ just-released surveillance memo claims that one of its central points about surveillance abuse at the FBI was affirmed by a senior FBI official. But two knowledgeable sources say the memo fundamentally mischaracterizes the official’s still-secret testimony.

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The memo, released on Friday against FBI objections and with Trump’s approval, makes a particular claim against McCabe. In its attempt to claim that ex-British spy Christopher Steele’s salacious dossier played a central role in the surveillance of Trump aides—a claim the memo’s own admissions undermine—the memo claims  that McCabe told the House intelligence committee that Steele was a pillar of information for a surveillance warrant application.

“Deputy Director McCabe testified before the Committee in December 2017 that no surveillance warrant would have been sought from the FISC without the Steele dossier information,” the memo claims, referring to the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.

Asked if that was a true representation, a source familiar with McCabe’s testimony responded: “100% not.”


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[NanceGreggs]

1. The usual GOP spokes-whores ...

... on CNN today, one after the other, have tried to make that point - and have been jumped on the minute they say it, because it has been denied, repeatedly, by those who were actually present for McCabe's testimony.

And yet they persist - someone just brought it up again within the last fifteen minutes, and he was immediately pounced on.

Apparently this was going to be the big talking point the GOPers were supposed to hammer home - but it's failed miserably.